In the owners manual it says that before opening the door you need to turn the unit off and wait 10 minutes. Does everyone do this when, say they baste, turn or rotate meat? What is the purpose of the 10 minute wait?
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Nope.
What's an owners manual?
The issue is basically two things.
1. The unit will start to throw in more pellets because the temp is dropping (the door letting in more air) so it will jump the temp up when you close the door back
2. On higher temps, say cooking chicken, a sudden inflow of air, could create a larger fire in the pot
Does that help?
What's an owners manual?
The issue is basically two things.
1. The unit will start to throw in more pellets because the temp is dropping (the door letting in more air) so it will jump the temp up when you close the door back
2. On higher temps, say cooking chicken, a sudden inflow of air, could create a larger fire in the pot
Does that help?
Well???Kinda??? What do you do when you need to open it up???? Or, is there a method to use other than the 10 minute concept?
I open the door, do what I need to do, and then dial back the temp until it starts to stabilize. Then I crank it back up again.
On my IQ4, I don't make any adjustments to the temps. I just get my business done as quickly as possible and set the door. It will even itself out pretty quickly.
I'm new enough to mine that I still treat it like a stick burner when it comes to door opening. If I have to do anything to the meat, then I'll have everything ready close by. If it is going to take long, then I'll open the door and pull the whole rack out, and close the door. It recovers so fast that I'm still learning as I go too!!
Thanks guys. I'll use this info for the next smoke. I posted some pics of my first smoke in my "Help!! Got Butts, Spice Kit has no Rib Rub" thread in the Open Forum section.